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Good teachers can always find a way to encourage their students to work hard and learn well.That year，in the local school, there was a__1__maths teacher, as well as some new pupils.One of the new kids was the most stupid child anyone had ever __2__.It made no difference how__3__or how slowly his classmates tried explaining numbers to him；he would always say something very__4__.
Before this boy__5__，maths lessons had been the most boring of all.Now there was great__6__.Encouraged by the new teacher, the children would __7__the pieces of nonsense said by the new kid，and they would have to correct his__8__.
They all wanted to be the__9__one to find what he said wrong, and then think up the best way to__10__it，which didn't seem to make the new kid __11__.
__12__， little Lewis was sure that it would make him feel sad inside.He was sure he would see him__13__.So，one day, he decided to__14__the new kid when he was on his way home.
After__15__school，the new kid walked a few minutes to a local park, and there he__16__for a while until someone came along to meet him.To his __17__，it was the new teacher!
The teacher gave the new kid a hug, and then they went off__18__.Walking behind them, Lewis could__19__ they were talking about maths.And that stupid new kid knew everything about it, much more than__20__else in the class!
1．A.funny B．new
C．strange D．good
答案：B
解析：根据as well as some new pupils的语境可知这位老师也是“新”来的。
2．A.needed B．liked
C．chosen D．seen
答案：D
解析：这里为了形容那位学生是如何笨，故说他是所有人“见过”的最笨的孩子。
3．A.surprisingly B．badly
C．quickly D．beautifully
答案：C
解析：根据or how slowly的语境可知应选C项，表示不管你解释得快还是解释得慢，对于那个学生来说结果都是一样的。
4．A.stupid B．boring
C．sad D．dishonest
答案：A
解析：那个学生很笨，故不管你跟他如何解释，他的回答总是显得很“愚蠢”。
5．A.cared B．arrived
C．helped D．chatted
答案：B
解析：根据“Before...”以及“Now...”的语境可知，这里是在对那个笨学生到来之前和到来之后的情况进行对比。
6．A.luck B．pity
C．fun D．pain
答案：C
解析：根据“...maths lessons had been the most boring of all.”可知，以前数学课很枯燥，而现在，这个笨学生的到来使得数学课变得“有趣”了。
7．A.pick out B．write down
C．throw away D．listen to
答案：D
解析：根据“Encouraged by the new teacher...”可知学生们都认真“听”那个笨学生的回答。
8．A.mistakes B．jokes
C．conversations D．stories
答案：A
解析：其他的学生听那个笨学生的回答，是为了帮他纠正“错误”。
9．A.happy B．noisy
C．first D．kind
答案：C
解析：学生们很积极，故每个人都想“最先”发现那个学生的错误并将之改正过来。
10．A.remember B．explain
C．experience D．introduce
答案：B
解析：学生们找到那个笨学生所犯的错误后，为了表现自己，应该是给那个学生“解释”他为什么错了。
11．A.relaxed B．surprised
C．interested D．unhappy
答案：D
解析：根据后一段的语境可知，这些纠错的行为似乎并没有让这个笨学生“不高兴”。
12．A.However B．Therefore
C．Also D．Still
答案：A
解析：根据“...little Lewis was sure that it would make him feel sad inside.”可知这里需要一个表示转折的连词。
13．A.walk B．dance
C．cry D．smile
答案：C
解析：Lewis肯定那个笨学生内心深处是伤心难过的，故他敢肯定能看到那个笨学生“哭泣”的场景。
14．A.follow B．ask
C．tell D．advise
答案：A
解析：为了证实自己的想法，Lewis决定放学后“跟踪”那个笨学生。
15．A.showing B．touching
C．hitting D．leaving
答案：D
解析：这里是指放学后那个笨学生“离开”了学校。
16．A.guessed B．waited
C．disappeared D．shouted
答案：B
解析：根据“...until someone came along to meet him.”可知那个笨学生在那里“等了”一会儿。
17．A.surprise B．joy
C．anger D．sadness
答案：A
解析：Lewis没想到新来的数学老师会在那里见那个笨学生，故他应该感到很“惊讶”。
18．A.anywhere B．alone
C．backward D．together
答案：D
解析：根据“Walking behind them...”的语境可知老师跟那个学生是“一起”离开的。
19．A.lie B．imagine
C．hear D．watch
答案：C
解析：Lewis走在他们的身后，应该是“听”到他们在谈论数学问题，故选C项。
20．A.anyone B．nobody
C．somebody D．anything
答案：A
解析：根据“And that stupid new kid knew everything about it...”可知，那个笨学生其实比班里任何别的学生数学都要学得好。
